Here's a fun way to recycle old jeans and handkerchiefs into something useful. Students make a pants back hip pocket from old handkerchiefs. Old tea towels, dresser scarves and pillowcases might also work to make decorative pockets.
Students will need the following:
* Old jeans or pants with a patch pocket
* Old handkerchief with decorative design
* Coats & Clark Dual Duty Plus All-Purpose Thread
* Hem sealer
* Small piece of fusible interfacing
Long-Prong Snap Set from The Snap Source
1 Cut around the entire pocket on the jeans, leaving the fabric the pocket is stitched to on the back and adding a 5/8'' seam allowance above the upper pocket edge. Angle the corners on the 5/8'' seam allowance.
2 Place the handkerchief decorative corner over the pocket so the handkerchief edges intersect the pocket corners. Pin in place.
3 Turn the whole piece over, making sure it is smooth and flat. Cut the handkerchief away along the edges of the pocket.
4 Turn the pocket right side up and unpin the handkerchief flap. With the right side of the flap next to the wrong side of the pocket back, match the raw edges and pin. Stitch across the upper edge with a 1/4'' from the edge through all layers, encasing the previous seam allowance.
5 Apply hem sealer to the side raw edges so they don't ravel.
6 For the snap, mark the placement on the flap and pocket. If the handkerchief is fragile or lightweight, press a small circle of fusible interfacing to the wrong side of the flap to support the snap and add strength to the fabric. Following The Snap Source directions, apply the snap to the pocket first, then to the flap.
Options:
Use a bandana for the flap. Trim away some of the plain border and re-hem the bandana edge so the design is more prominent. Purchased doilies will also work. Avoid the crocheted type because they unravel easily.
Copyright 2003, VSM Sewing Inc. Project courtesy of Sew Young, Sew Fun television series. Contact your local public broadcasting station. For more project ideas, visit www.sewyoungsewfun.com
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